NHL Player News

Fowler is set to start at home against Ottawa in Saturday's preseason game, per the NHL media site.

Fowler had a 9-6-2 record, 2.43 GAA and .908 save percentage in 17 regular-season appearances in 2025-26. Jakub Dobes is slated to begin the upcoming campaign as Montreal's No. 1 goaltender, while Fowler and Sam Montembeault might both make the team and pick up starts when Dobes needs a breather.

Ersson is set to start on the road in Montreal for Saturday's preseason game, per the NHL media site.

Ersson had a 14-11-5 record, 3.12 GAA and .870 save percentage in 33 regular-season appearances with the Flyers in 2025-26. He's slated to start the upcoming campaign as Ottawa's No. 2 goaltender behind Linus Ullmark.

Dobes will guard the road goal against Ottawa in Saturday's preseason game, per the NHL media site.

Dobes stopped nine of 11 shots in a 4-3 preseason overtime win over Toronto. He played in half of that outing before Jacob Fowler entered the game. Dobes had a 29-10-4 record, 2.78 GAA and .901 save percentage in 43 regular-season appearances in 2025-26.

Daccord is set to start in Vancouver for Saturday's preseason outing, per the NHL media site.

Daccord stopped 14 shots across two periods in last Saturday's 4-2 exhibition win over the Canucks. He had a 20-20-6 record, 3.03 GAA and .896 save percentage in 47 regular-season appearances in 2025-26, which was down from a 2.75 GAA and a .906 save percentage across 57 outings in the 2024-25 regular season.

Lankinen is expected to start at home against Seattle in Saturday's preseason game, per Canucks play-by-play announcer Brendan Batchelor.

Lankinen turned aside 27 of 30 shots in a 3-1 preseason loss to Calgary on Tuesday. Thatcher Demko (hip) isn't likely to be ready for Opening Night, so Lankinen and Leevi Merilainen will probably be competing for starts at the beginning of the campaign.

Luukkonen left Saturday's 3-1 preseason loss against Pittsburgh because of an undisclosed injury, per Mike Harrington of The Buffalo News.

Luukkonen's issue was described as a "tweak" and the decision to pull him precautionary, so it's still possible that he'll be available for Buffalo's season opener in Columbus on Thursday. However, the timing is especially bad for the Sabres, who were already missing Alex Lyon (upper body). If Lyon and Luukkonen are both unavailable for the start of 2026-27, then Colten Ellis would likely be leaned on heavily at the beginning of the campaign.

Hildeby will defend the road net in Saturday's preseason finale against the Panthers, Eduardo A. Encina of the Tampa Bay Times reports.

Hildeby made 23 saves in Tuesday's 3-2 overtime exhibition loss to Nashville. He is slated to serve as Andrei Vasilevskiy's backup in the 2026-27 campaign, which could make Hildeby a decent spot-starter option.

Ullmark will patrol the home crease in Saturday's preseason game against Montreal, per Bruce Garrioch of Postmedia.

Ullmark posted a 28-12-8 record with three shutouts, a 2.73 GAA and an .891 save percentage in 49 regular-season appearances for Ottawa in 2025-26. He will likely receive the bulk of the starts for the Senators again during the 2026-27 campaign.

Wedgewood will defend the road net in Saturday's preseason finale against Utah, Evan Rawal of the Denver Gazette reports.

Wedgewood went 31-6-6 with four shutouts, a 2.02 GAA and a .921 save percentage in 45 outings during the 2025-26 regular season. He will compete for starts with Mackenzie Blackwood in the 2026-27 campaign.

Vejmelka is expected to protect the home net in Saturday's preseason game against Colorado.

Vejmelka made 19 saves in Tuesday's 6-3 exhibition win over the Kings. He posted a 38-20-3 record with two shutouts, a 2.75 GAA and an .896 save percentage over 64 regular-season appearances in 2025-26.